Earth Temple

Note: Before entering the Earth Temple, remember to stock up on Recovery Items and equip an Iron Shield. It might be handy to buy a second Iron Shield, just in case, if you have enough space in your pouch. Save at the Bird Statue inside off to the right.

Cross the small platforms in the first room to get to a set of blue stairs. If you go to the left and cross the platforms, there are a couple of dig spots there (one of the spots contains a Red Chuchu) as well as the Mogma that is always with Ledd. Talk to him and he tells you that Ledd has gone missing.

Go back to the set of blue stairs and look to the right of the stairs to spot a dig spot on the ground. Dig here to create a geyser spout that leads to a Chest with a Red Rupee inside it.

Go to the stairs and wait for the lava to stop spurting up the platform in front of you. Jump on the platform when it's down and jump to the other one waiting for the lava to lift it up. When it's up, jump to the ground and you will come to what appears to be a dead end. To the left and the right, there are two gears that have ropes on that that you can cut. Slice downward vertically on the ropes to cut them. Doing so will partially open a door.

There is one last gear next to the door on the right side. This one can only be cut by the Beetle. Pilot your Beetle up to it and slice it with the pincers to open the way north. There is a red Rupee on the top-left side of the gate.

A Lizalfo is on the far side. This is a really tough enemy if you aren't used to its fighting style. If you swing wildly, it will block everything. The key to this fight is to counter its attacks with your Iron Shield. Lock on and wait for it to attack, then shove the nunchuk forward and counter its attack with a Shield Bash. This will leave it open to your attacks.

Occasionally, the Lizalfo will taunt you with its guarded arm over its head. When it does this, stab it with a forward thrust, or a slash from the direction opposite of where it's guarding, and then whack it some more to finish it off. An advanced move, if you notice the Lizalfo jumping back to breathe fire (but not jumping back to hit you with his tail, in which case you should Shield Bash instead), you can try a jump attack. While Z-targeting, move towards the Lizalfo and press A to jump. While in mid-air, do a vertical slash to knock it down. If you knock the Lizalfo down, you can use a Fatal Blow to easily finish it off. A jump attack and Fatal Blow can finish a Lizalfo in two hits!

After the Lizalfo is taken care of, shoot the Bomb Flowers on the large statue floating in the lava with your slingshot or hit one of them with your Beetle. Its eyeball will roll into the lava. You can leap onto the eyeball and use it to roll to the central platform. The eyeball will move so long as you run on it, but if you begin to slip off the side, just stop running and you will re-center.

The Magma Spumes here should be avoided on land, but you can use the eyeball to roll over them and kill them. Save at the Bird Statue in the middle island of the room.

*Note*: There is a dig spot in the middle of the middle island that contains Hearts if you are running low on health.

Now, roll the eyeball to left side of the Lizalfo room. Hop on the platform here WITH a bomb and toss it at the blocked area above, or toss a bomb on the platform and let it do all the work for you. A final method is to jump on the platform, put the bomb down, and jump back off the platform again. A Golden Skull can be found in a Chest up here.

Get back on the eyeball and roll north through the holes in the broken bridge. A Chest on the far side has a Blue Bird Feather in it. You can also dig here for Eldin Ore and pick up an Amber Relic.

A "cog" on the central bridge is sticking out in the lava. You can roll the eyeball into the cog on the northwest side to push the cog in and raise one of two bridge parts.

A statue is blocking the eyeball's path to the northeast, so get off on the eastern ledge and talk to Ledd the Mogma. He's spotted his lost Bomb Bag on the far side of the blocked rocks, sweet!

Crawl under the fence using the hole by the blocked wall. Bowl a bomb under the fence using the hole and you should be able to blow open the wall. Before leaving, crawl up the ladder in this area and cross the thin strip of fence to find some Dig Spots and one of them contains a Pink Fairy.

Return to Ledd and enter the eastern door. This is a tough fight. One Lizalfo will usually back off allowing you to focus on one. When this happens, use your Shield Bash and jabs to take out each Lizalfo.

Your reward is the Bomb Bag -- but you'll need to talk to Ledd before you can use it. When you walk out the room, you will talk to Ledd and he will give you the Bomb Bag and five Bombs to get you started.

You can use Bombs much like Bomb Plants, but you'll be able to carry a supply with you at all times. Also, Bombs pulled from your Bomb Bag do not have a lit fuse until you let go of them! To get more bombs, you can pick up Bomb Plants and stuff them in your Bomb Sack. To do so, approach a Bomb Plant and press the A button to pick it up. Then, press the B button to supply it in the Bomb Bag.

Get back on the eyeball. Roll it northeast to the broken column. Here you can BARELY make out a cracked wall to the east. Toss bombs at it -- it will take multiple tries -- and you can blow it open.

Roll past the dragon mouths spewing fire and look for another cracked wall at the dead end in front of the second dragon mouth. You can see it on your map as well. Bomb it and roll through the passage to find a safe spot to land on.

Note: Look up to find a dragon's mouth high on the wall that isn't spewing lava. Use the beetle to navigate into the mouth and through the tunnel to find a silver rupee.

Get off and fire your Beetle through the tunnel by the Bird Statue. On the flip side of the massive red gate is a rope switch you can cut with the beetle. Another is on the side facing you. Cutting both will bring down the gate.

Roll through the gate and you can get off on the far side and back track to the Bird Statue and save.

Roll across the precarious lava path. You can get off on a platform with a Lizalfo to score a Red Rupee Chest.

Back in the large room, you will now have access to the the second cog. Roll into it to unlock the door. You can now disembark on the middle platform. Take the stairs that lead to the door in the west.

Grab the Amber Relic to the right of the entrance. In this room, simply cross the platforms to the west and ride the final one up on a plume of lava to get the Dungeon Map!

Head back into the central chamber and proceed through the now accessible door to the north.

You'll come to a large ramp leading north. Run up the ramp and crawl into the nook on the left to let the rocks rolls safely past you.

At the bottom of the next ramp, look for a small opening you can crawl through on the right side. Dig in the Dig Spot on the far side and ride the geyser up to the ledge. You can run up the stairs here and toss Bombs down at the Bomb-able Wall. Aim at the conspicuous mark on the floor and it will roll down and unseal the wall.

Now you can run up the ramp, taking refuge in the bombed-out nook.

A massive dragon head is at the top. Save at the Bird Statue and then run up the stairs. The ramp above is so long you'll need to use fruit to get to the Chest at the top with the Dragon Sculpture (Boss Key) inside.

Unfortunately, the temple goes all Indiana Jones on you for grabbing the Dragon Sculpture. Before running down the ramp, look to the right for a Goddes Plume.

Dash down the hill all the way to the bottom of the path to send the boulder flying into the dragon's mouth. If you slow down and get run over, it's Game Over, so beware!

At the boss door, make the key look like a lowercase "d" and place it in the lock.

Head up the stairs and prepare for a fight. Grab some Bombs and pocket them until your Bomb Bag is full.

After the cutscene, run up the hill away from the beast, turning around to toss a Bomb in its open mouth. Your goal is to push it way down the ramp by tossing Bombs at it. You can only hit him when his flames are doused out -- usually one Bomb is enough to knock Scaldera to the bottom.

When it reaches the bottom, it will suck in air in anticipation of a fireball attack. Toss a Bomb at it and it will suck it in and detonate, losing some of its shell and falling to the ground with its weak spot exposed.

Immediately run up to it and slash the weak spot, the eye. Now, run away and get ready to repeat this process again. You will only need to change things up occasionally. Sometimes Scaldera will raise up on its legs and scuttle above you. Stand under it and let it pass over you, then dodge it to the left or right as it rolls down.

You can keep Scaldera at bay with just 10 bombs and some expert moves, but if you need more, run to the very top of the ramp and stock up. You'll have to watch out for fireballs up here, but Scaldera will not be able to pass the Bomb Plants on the ramp. There are Hearts up here as well.

Removing Scaldera's armor makes it easier to hit its weak spot, but only direct damage to the eye will slay the beast.

After you defeat Scaldera, grab your Heart Container and head to the top of the ramp.

In the Earth Spring, you will have a brief encounter with Zelda in a cutscene. After it's done, you can grab a Pink Fairy or three by the waterfalls. Other than that, the only thing left to do is approach the alter and hit the wing symbol with a Skyward Strike.

You'll get the Amber Tablet. You know what to do -- back to Skyloft! In the Statue of the Goddess, fit the Amber Tablet into place and it will open a portal to Lanayru Desert.